Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think of compilation as cooking. Dynamic typing means the steak is juicy and still a little red, like red meat is supposed to be. Static typing means you burnt it to a crisp.
Erik Naggum
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
Think twice before you start programming or you will program twice before you start thinking.
Anonymous
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
Alan J. Perlis
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
If you're going to break it, then break it good. Break everything. Get to the very front of the line. Don't like move up a couple of slots. That's pointless.
Anders Hejlsberg
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
E. W. Dijkstra